How to force links from my own domain to open in new tab?

  • Resolved cennadron

    (@cennadron)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    I have an affiliate blog that uses Pretty Links URL shortener (WP plugin) to make complicated links shorter and nicer looking. I then link some of the text and all the images in my posts to those shortened links. These links look like this:

    https://www.mydomain.com/recommends/nameofthesponsor
    https://www.mydomain.com/promovideos/nameofthesponsor

    or just:

    https://www.mydomain.com/nameofthesponsor

    Is there a way to force these links to always open in a new tab/window with this plugin, even though they appear to be internal (from mydomain.com)? I can see that under settings there is the option:

    Force links to open in a new window if they match this JS regular expression:

    But I have no idea how to write the regular JS expression for this. If this is possible to achieve, could you please help me with writing the JS regular expression?

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  • Plugin Author WebFactory

    (@webfactory)

    Hi,
    It is possible but you have to post your site URL and give us a list of all the URL “templates” you use like the 2 you listed above. For your 3rd URL … that’s gonna be tricky as domain.com/sponsor/ is the same as domain.com/about-us/ … no prefix or anything impossible to tell apart.

    Thread Starter cennadron

    (@cennadron)

    Hello,

    Thanks for your reply.

    Please keep in mind that the domain in question is NSFW (contains adult material).

    As I wrote in the original post, these are the 3 formats of the shortened links that I’d like to open in a new tab when the visitor clicks them:

    1) https://www.roughstraightmen.com/recommends/nameofthesponsor
    2) https://www.roughstraightmen.com/promovideos/nameofthesponsor
    3) https://www.roughstraightmen.com/nameofthesponsor

    I can’t write now all the possible combinations with all the sponsors due to space constraints, and I don’t think that’s needed anyway.

    If possible, please write the regular JS expression that would encompass all three variants of the pretty links. Even if the about-us page opens in the new tab as a result of this, I don’t care. Of course, other pages such as /wp-content/uploads/ etc. shouldn’t be affected.

    If the regular JS expression that would encompass all 3 variants is not possible to write, then please try to include the first 2 variants. I could then ask my hosting to retroactively change all the shortened links of the 3rd variant into the variant 1 or 2 by making find/replace changes in the database.

    Actually, it would be best to know both combinations: A): the regular JS expressions for 1st + 2nd + 3rd variants AND B): regular JS expression for only 1st + 2nd variants.

    Thanks in advance!

    Plugin Author WebFactory

    (@webfactory)

    Hi,
    3rd one is not possible – I can tell you that straight away ??

    My colleague will have a look at the first 2 (@talextech).

    If you have a minute please rate the plugin. It’s what keeps the support free. Thank you. https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/open-external-links-in-a-new-window/reviews/

    Thread Starter cennadron

    (@cennadron)

    Hi,

    I hope you haven’t forgotten about my question. ??

    I’m still waiting for that regular JS expression. It’s fine if it can encompass only the first 2 formats of the pretty links.

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